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The 2003 American Composers Update

as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Alice Jordan

On August 24, 2002, Alice Jordan was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame, with Governor Thomas J. Vilsack presiding. The Des Moines (IA) Vocal Arts Ensemble honored her with printed, spoken, and floral tributes, December 14, 2001, at St. Augustin's Catholic Church, including a performance of her arrangement of Away in a Manger for TTBB choir and organ or keyboard, with the men of the ensemble, Carol Stewart, conductor, and Janice Weast, accompanist.


Performances

A concert at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, in Eau Claire, WI, April 21, 2002, with GarySchwartzhoff, Director of Music, and Judy Lies, organist, featured six organ works and five choral compositions.  Accompanied by organist Robert Luther, soprano Janelle Disrud sang Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord O My Soul), April 14, 2002, at a recital at the Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka, MN.  A Westminster Presbyterian Church Concert Series program, March 10, 2002, in Alexandria, VA, concluded with Take Joy Home (text by JeanIngelow), with mezzo-soprano Susan McAdoo and pianist Brenda Day.On Thanksgiving Day 2002 at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in Des Moines, organist Robert M. Speed played How Beautiful the March of Days (Forest Green).


Publications

Christmas with Alice Jordan, 13 organ pieces; Let Us Exalt His Name, SATB choir and organ; both by Church Street Music LifeWay Resources, 2002.  Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire, CAN 1071; Go Ye Into the World, CAN 1072; Psalm of Praise, based on the hymn tune Amsterdam, CAN 1069; all for SATB choir and organ; Who Is This Host Arrayed in White, a laudation on the Norwegian folk melody Den Store Hvide Flok, SATB choir, organ, and flute, CAN 1070; all by Cantate Music Press.


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